Character

Hato Tsurubami

鶴喰 鳩

Hato Tsurubami, later Hato Kurokami (黒神 鳩), was one of Kajiki Kurokami's seven suitors, and later one of his seven wives. She was the mother of Medaka Kurokami and the older sister of Fukurou Tsurubami. Hato treated her occupation as a nurse as if she was on a battlefield. She was equally harsh to both her coworkers and her patients, but was devoted to helping the sick. Hansode Shiranui postulates that, had she not died, she would have ultimately destroyed Hakoniwa General Hospital herself. When she became a nurse, Hato read the "Nightingale's Vow", which seems to have influenced her treatment style. In many respects, Hato is similar to her daughter Medaka. Hato was the embodiment of every ideal, though because of this, she despised all the vices of human nature. Because other people turned away from her, Hato came to hold a very cynical worldview, coming to see how acts of malice could do more good than acts of kindness.